Kellaris said random shuffle likely appeals to the MTV generation
– kids with short attention spans who are likely “brain
damaged.”

“Personally, and I believe I speak for many old farts here, I
appreciate listening to music, be it an opera or a pop album, in the
sequence in which the artist decided to present it,” he said.

“Temporal order is an important element of how a work unfolds
dynamically over time, an important factor underlying the aesthetic effect.
Random shuffle pretty much flushes that down the toilet.”

I couldn't have said it better. The few compilations I've bought are
inevitably disappointments with only one exception, and that's the Led
Zeppelin 6 LP (yes, real vinyl)
compilation I bought years ago, containing about 80% of everything Led
Zeppelin ever published. And even that collection misses their version of
Norwegian Woods.

Anyway, the steady stream of Absolute Whatever #n++ compilations are
clearly made for idiots by marketing sub-humans. I also hate all those hit
radio stations, they make people musically stupid and insensitive.

Also note how I cleverly dodged the fact that James Kellaris is a
professor of marketing, and thereby, by definition, clueless. That's how
marketing people are. Everyone knows that. I still agree with him
though.